ive wanted a dog for a while. this isnt as out of left field as it seems.
i tell ya what, i am way too fucking tired to really make a thoughtful entry, but basically, going to animal shelters, especially a kill shelter, is so fucking depressing.
i've been 4 times in 2 weeks. only once to the no-kill spca shelter. i loved it there. it was such a happier place than the other shelter. however, it was at the other shelter that i found a dog that really stuck with me. so i went back to see it this sunday and it had been adopted. but i found 2 other dogs (well, shit, i loved them all, but, y'know) that i really liked. technically a 3rd as well but it reminded me far too much of my dog growing up and, while certainly not a bad thing, i'd like my own dog. (and speaking of the 3rd dog, after i looked at her on sunday, a family looked at her and when i got home, she had been removed from the website. so i thought, yaay! it was adopted. but when i was there today, she was still there....and not lookin so hot. which is incredibly depressing because i dont know whats gonna happen to her now)
of these 2 dogs, i cannot decide. one is a pit/lab mix and the other is a german shepard mix. mixed with what? who knows. both dogs are very energetic, about a year old, about the same size and weight, both really potentially great dogs. one, the pit/lab is a brown male, and the other is all black and female. im almost entertaining the idea of 2 dogs but i dont even know if i can handle one dog so thats kinda out of the question.
so yeah. im too tired to keep going. i havent even touched my own hipocracy of vowing to never adopt from a kill shelter but this experience strongly reinvigorates my stance that pet stores and puppy mills should be outlawed and breeders should be very strictly regulated. i have so much disdain for breeders. put your funds into helping shelters and/or being a foster home you selfish fucking assholes.
i've been 4 times in 2 weeks. only once to the no-kill spca shelter. i loved it there. it was such a happier place than the other shelter. however, it was at the other shelter that i found a dog that really stuck with me. so i went back to see it this sunday and it had been adopted. but i found 2 other dogs (well, shit, i loved them all, but, y'know) that i really liked. technically a 3rd as well but it reminded me far too much of my dog growing up and, while certainly not a bad thing, i'd like my own dog. (and speaking of the 3rd dog, after i looked at her on sunday, a family looked at her and when i got home, she had been removed from the website. so i thought, yaay! it was adopted. but when i was there today, she was still there....and not lookin so hot. which is incredibly depressing because i dont know whats gonna happen to her now)
of these 2 dogs, i cannot decide. one is a pit/lab mix and the other is a german shepard mix. mixed with what? who knows. both dogs are very energetic, about a year old, about the same size and weight, both really potentially great dogs. one, the pit/lab is a brown male, and the other is all black and female. im almost entertaining the idea of 2 dogs but i dont even know if i can handle one dog so thats kinda out of the question.
so yeah. im too tired to keep going. i havent even touched my own hipocracy of vowing to never adopt from a kill shelter but this experience strongly reinvigorates my stance that pet stores and puppy mills should be outlawed and breeders should be very strictly regulated. i have so much disdain for breeders. put your funds into helping shelters and/or being a foster home you selfish fucking assholes.